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NJT Slashing Fares, But Warns of Huge Service Disruptions

NJT is slashing fares for three months as it warns of major service disruptions it anticipates while scrambling to meet a federal safety deadline. Tracie Strahan reports. (Published Monday, Oct. 15, 2018)

What to Know

NJ Transit is temporarily cutting fares due to major service disruptions it's expecting

Fares will be slashed by 10 percent from November through January as the agency rushes to meet a federal safety deadline

More than a dozen trains will be temporarily discontinued or see changes in their origins and destinations

NJ Transit is slashing fares by 10 percent for three months -- from November through January -- as it warns of major service disruptions it anticipates while scrambling to meet a federal safety deadline.

Starting Sunday, more than a dozen trains will be temporarily discontinued or see changes in their origins and destinations, NJ Transit said.

Passengers who travel along the Northeast Corridor, North Jersey Coast Line, Morris & Essex Lines, Montclair-Boonton and Main and Bergen County Lines will be affected by the changes, according to the agency.

"These schedule adjustments are temporary, and we anticipate beginning to restore regular service in mid-January 2019," NJ Transit said in a release.

Train 813, the 6:34 p.m. departure from Hoboken to Lake Hopatcong, will terminate at Dover and be renumbered as Train 657 departing Hoboken at 6:36 p.m. Customers can take Train 1011, the 6:29 p.m. departure from Hoboken to Lake Hopatcong or Train 1085, the 7:22 p.m. departure from Hoboken to Hackettstown, as alternatives

Train 341, the 7:03 p.m. departure from Hoboken to Summit, will operate 31 minutes later and depart Hoboken at 7:34 p.m.

Train 1245, which departs Hoboken at 6:52 a.m. and arrives at Waldwick at 7:38 a.m., will operate 32 minutes later and be renumbered as Train 1247

Train 1158, which departs Suffern at 8:04 a.m. and arrives at Hoboken at 9:12 a.m., will originate at Waldwick at 8:18 a.m. As an alternative, customers from Suffern through Allendale can use Train 1156, the 7:43 a.m. departure from Suffern, Train 1160, the 8:35 a.m. from Suffern or Train 54, which departs Ramsey Rt. 17 Station at 8:23 a.m.

Train 1131, the 10:55 p.m. departure from Hoboken to Suffern, will terminate at Ridgewood. As an alternative, customers can take Train 1183, the 11:17 p.m. departure from Hoboken, for service to Ridgewood and points west. For local travel, customers may take Train 1131 from Hoboken at 10:55 p.m. to Ridgewood and transfer to Train 1183

In a statement, NJ Transit Executive Director Kevin Corbett said the agency "thoughtfully reviewed all trains that are part of this adjustment and found the most reasonable alternatives."